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Welcome to MonsterFishKeepers.com

The members of this forum have come together to share our knowledge and experiences of fish keeping. We want to answer your questions, offer advice and fill the galleries with pictures of the fish we have all grown to love.

We are a unique community of Fish Keepers who seriously take our hobby to extremes and the NEXT level. The majority of our fish collections include RARE & EXOTIC Species of all sizes, BIG FISH with BIG APPETITES and BIG TANKS. It's not easy for most people or other "regular" fish keepers to understand why we maintain this type of collection and spare no expense on this fascinating hobby.

Hopefully, through this site and discussion forums we can encourage the next generation of Monster Fish Keepers to have the same passion and love we have for the hobby and our Monster Fish
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As one of the founding members, I personally invite you to register and join us today. Currently you are viewing this site as our guest which only gives you limited access to view most discussions, articles and photo galleries.

Registration is FREE and very easy! When you register, you'll have instant access to....

• Post and participate in discussions about your passion for fish keeping

• Have your own Photo Gallery and the ability to upload your images

• View and comment on the gallery

• Participate in MFK contests, promotions, and discounts

• Use of private messaging to communicate with other community members

We're constantly striving to improve our community to help make your Monster Fish Keeping hobby fulfilling and interesting. Comments are welcome.

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I will admit that this isn't something that I had anticipated when I designed the system... the fact that I/we might get something wrong in the nominations process. The information and opinions that have been expressed in this thread are precisely the reason that I wanted this to be an open and transparent system though. I administer this program, but this is YOUR program, MFK Members. We're trying to be as transparent as possible because you all have a say and I don't want it to look like there's favoritism or nepotism in this process. This is exactly why this is in the open forum, we want input from the member base. YOU HAVE A VOICE.

That being said, since two Members have been concerned enough about this to actually post, I am very concerned that there are likely many more who feel the same way buy haven't posted.

Members, Staff: if this award should be rescinded based on the solid grounds as written by snakeguy101 and Lep, state your peace here. If enough people feel that the award isn't justly earned by [RESCINDED], I will remove it. The arguments seem justified.

[RESCINDED], this isn't an intentional dig at you. I still have respect for you. However, in the rules of this program it specifically states that if someone feels that a person doesn't deserve an award, they are liable to say as much. And they have. As such, I am forced to place the legitimacy of the award under review.

Prior this nomination I had already noted that the only way to access the full content of his informational posts is to go outside of this site. I have no idea if that is relevant to mfk's Awards, but it'd seem more appropriate if full content was also located here.
Those articles are the entirety his contributions here, nothing in terms of assistance to members. That might be completely irrelevant, as not everyone is able to interact on forums.

Aside from that, in terms of transparency regarding members' input about nominations, it feels like a real drag to say anything negative! :-[

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

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Prior this nomination I had already noted that the only way to access the full content of his informational posts is to go outside of this site. I have no idea if that is relevant to mfk's Awards, but it'd seem more appropriate if full content was also located here.
Those articles are the entirety his contributions here, nothing in terms of assistance to members. That might be completely irrelevant, as not everyone is able to interact on forums.

Aside from that, in terms of transparency regarding members' input about nominations, it feels like a real drag to say anything negative! :-[

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No, Granny. You're entirely right in voicing your opinion if you don't agree. That's how this is intended to work. I thought that he deserved it, which is why I nominated him, but I'm just one person in a group of over 102,000. My opinion shouldn't have that much strength, which is part of the reason that I choose to abstain from voting as well. This is also why I've started leaving nominations up for the entire month, to give people a chance to voice their opinions. This program functions as a Republic, like the USA. Mod votes actually count toward giving awards, but Member votes and opinions have an incredibly powerful influence on a Mod's vote. [EDIT- Every three member votes now count as a moderator vote toward the issuance of awards] That is the intention of the transparency. Had snakeguy101 and Lep said their piece beforehand, things would likely have played out very differently.

I'm not sure if it's exactly that I don't agree, but do think the issue of having to read all articles OFF this site warrants some thought.
It occurred to me that his reasons for linking elsewhere might have something to do with copyright issues. However, I believe as long as credits are included, any copyrights remain solid.

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

I don't really think it's in the spirit of community to post a couple sentences and then refer people to an outside link for the rest of the story. And that Zoo-Med article really seemed like a sponsored post to advertise the brand. A commercial endeavor.

I don't feel strongly about the award either way though. He does seem to have some knowledge to contribute, but I guess it depends on the specific guidelines of the award.

I half expected his thank you post in this thread to be a couple words, then a link to a blog post for the rest of it.